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A woman was rescued Sunday night from a slippery spot on a steep bluff in Orangevale along the American River on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The 46-year-old woman was hoisted up the bluff by Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters who tied one end of a rope to an ambulance and hauled her up the slope.

A woman was rescued Sunday night from a slippery spot on a steep bluff in Orangevale along the American River on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The 46-year-old woman was hoisted up the bluff by Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters who tied one end of a rope to an ambulance and hauled her up the slope.
Sacramento Metro Fire Department

A woman was rescued Sunday night from a slippery spot on a steep bluff in Orangevale along the American River on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. The 46-year-old woman was hoisted up the bluff by Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters who tied one end of a rope to an ambulance and hauled her up the slope.
Sacramento Metro Fire Department

Woman falls 70 feet to slippery ledge along American River where she is rescued

A woman was rescued Sunday night from a steep bluff in Orangevale along the American River.

The 46-year-old woman was rescued by Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighters who tied one end of a rope to an ambulance and hoisted her up the slope.

Crews were dispatched about 10:30 p.m. to a home in nearby Fair Oaks for an overdose report. However, when medics and Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies arrived, the patient was gone.

After searching the neighborhood, they pinpointed her location using technology to receive a ping response from her cellphone. She was shown to be in the bluffs on the north side of the American River near Hazel Avenue.

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